Shoe-blacking machine.



No. 706,09I.- Patented Aug. 5, |902.

J. NICOLET.

SHOE BLACKING MAGHINE. (Applieamn mea am. 2, 1902.) (No Nudel.)

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SHOE-BLACKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent vNo. 706,091, dated August 5, 1902. Application tied Mmh 29, 1002.` serial No. 100,575. (No modem To all whom zlmay concern: y

Be it known that I, JOHN NICOLET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have' 5 invented a new and useful Shoe-Blacking Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improved boot and shoe polishing machine, and has for its object to provide a machine for mechanically cleaning and polishing boots and shoes,'and thereby relieving the attendant of the arduous task of performing such-labor by hand.

With the above objects in View my invention comprises a stand having a foot-rest positioned thereon upon either side of which is mounted a reciprocating brush for cleaning the sides of the shoe, and in advance of the said brushes is mounted a revolving brush for cleaning the top of a shoe; and a further object of my invention is to provide one of the said reciprocating brusheswith a lateral movement, whereby 'the said brush may be adjusted to or from the foot-rest for the purpose of accommodating shoes of various 5 widths. v

With these brieIiy-s'tated objects in view my invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combination and arrangement,'as will `be fully described in the following specification and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the drawings, in which'- Figure 1 isa perspective View of my im proved boot or shoe polishing machine. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, the said section being taken in advance of the reciprocating brush. Fig. 3 isa transverse section v taken about on thefline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. L

is a detail view of the foot-rest. Fig. 5 is a' detail view of one of the brushes, and Fig. 6 is a detail View of the crank-shaft. K Y

In carrying out my invention I employ a stand A, which may be of any desired height and on one side of which is positioned a step, by which a person may ascend and take position'upon the stand. The said stand may be ornamented in any suitable mannen-the drawings illustrating the front having ashield- A', and around the sides and rear of the stand 5o is positioned a suitable rail A2.

The top of the stand is provided with two `pulley f slots A3, in which are designed to operate blocksB, which are supported and slide upon suitable brackets B', that are fixedly held to the under side of the platform, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The said blocks B projectV up through the slots and have their upper faces provided with grooves b, in which are held the'lower ends of brushcarrying arms 0,3 having suitable brushes D connected thereto and which are arranged on y opposite sides of a foot-rest E, which is pivotally mounted upon a bracket E', the base of which is slidably held in grooves formed in guide-strips E3, which are arranged upon the upper side'of the platform of the stand and adjacent the inner edges ofthe slots A3. One of the said brush-carrying arms C is provided with a slot C', through which extends the horizontal member of a crank-arm F, which is pivotally positioned uponrthe said platform and has one end terminatingin an upwardlybent handle-lever F', carrying a spring-actuated pawlfthat engages the-rack F2 and by -Which the said crank-arm is pivotally held in any position to whichk it is adjusted. By thisl arrangement it will be readily understood -that the brush-carrying arm may be readily and quickly moved to orfrom the foot-rest E to accommodate various-sized shoes.

The blocks B, upon which the brushes are mounted, are operated by pitmen B2, which are connected at their opposite ends to crank portions Bi, formed inthe shaft B4, which has oneend-projecting through the side ofV the stand and provided with afast and-loose pulley B5 and B6, respectively. The belt- 'B7 is also mounted upon the shaft within the stand-and has a belt G operating ythereon,'which also runs over a pulley H,

carried upon a shaft H', Which is supported within the stand by means of bracket-arms H2. Upon the shaft'H/ isalso mounted a pulley similar to the pulley H, over which runs arbelt l, that also engages a belt-pulley I',

i mounted upon avbrush-'carrying shaft J,which lis held in brackets J upon theforward end of the stand and in advance of the reciprocating brushes. The shaft J is provided with a brush J3, which is arranged directly in front of the foot-rest, and over the said brush is a shield or guard K, that is fastened to IOO the front portion A of the stand. A suitable chair or seat L is arranged upon the stand,

as shown.

In operation a person is seated upon the chair and places one foot upon the foot-rest E, and the laterally-movable block C is then moved to the proper distance by means of the lever F, when the operating-belt (not shown) is transferred from the loose to the fast pulley, which revolves the shaft and through the medium of the pitmen reciprocates the brushes, which quickly and effectively cleans and polishes the side of a shoe. While the sides of the shoe are thus being cleaned the person pushes upon the foot-rest until his shoe engages the revolving brush J3, when the top of the shoe is quickly and effectively cleaned and polished.

It will of course be understood that the brush J is operated through the medium of the pulleys and, belts, as hereinbefore described. It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly eective machine by which ones shoes may be quickly and easily cleaned and polished, and it will of course be understood that the attendant in charge of the stand is provided with suitable polishing materials, that are placed upon the shoe before being operated upon by the brushes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a shoe-polishing machine the combination of a stand, a bracket slidably mounted thereon, a foot-rest pivotally held to the bracket, reciprocating blocks positioned upon the frame and having brushes removably connected thereto, one of the said brushes being movable to and from the said foot-rest, a revolving brush Vmounted upon the stand in advance of the said foot-rest, and means for operating the said brushes, substantially as set forth.

a foot-rest slidably held between the saidsliding brushes, and means for adjusting one of the said sliding brushes to or from the foot-rest, and means for operating the said brushes, substantially as shown and described. f

3. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination of a stand having slots formed in the upper surface thereof, brackets positioned upon the under side of the said upper surface and below the said slots, blocks slidably retained upon the said brackets, brush-carrying arms mounted upon the said blocks, brushes held upon the arms, onevof said arms having a slot formed therein, a crank-shaft projecting through the said slot and having one end terminating in a handle-lever, the said shaft being mounted upon the stand at the ends of one of the said slots, a shaft mounted upon the stand and at the forward end thereof, a brush positioned upon the shaft, and means for operating the said sliding brushes, and means for operating the said revolving brush, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination of a stand, having slots formed in the upper surface thereof and brackets held upon the under side of the stand and directly be-V low the said slots, blocks slidably held upon the brackets, brush-carrying arms positioned upon the said blocks and having brushes ar ranged at their upper ends, guide-strips arranged upon the platform upon either side of the slots, a bracket slidably retained in the said strips, a foot-rest pivotally mounted upon the bracket, a shaft carrying a brush mounted upon the platform in advance of the said foot-rest, and means for operating said brushes, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination of a stand having an adjustable footrest mounted thereon, brushes slidably positioned upon either side of the foot-rest, one of which is movable to and from the said footvrest, a brush revolubly mounted upon the stand at the forward end of the foot-rest, means for operating the said brushes, and means for operating said movable brush to or from the said foot-rest, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a shoe-polishing machine, the combination of a frame, reciprocating blocks arranged thereon, brushes carried by the blocks, one of which is movable laterally, a bracket slidably arranged upon the stand between the said brushes, a foot-rest pivotally connected to the bracket, a shaft mounted upon` the frame in advance of the said brushes and'foot-rest, and having a brush mounted thereon, a guard arranged over the revolving brush, and means for operating the brushes substantially as shown and described.

JOI-IN NICOLET.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. IIANNEMANN, HENRY P. ALLEN.

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